EYQ
ETTE
Local Cotton
18 Cents
VOL. XLIII. NO. 108.
GASTONIA, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 6, 1922.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
DECLARES PENDING TARIFF BILL IS CHILD OF INTERESTS
iMTONMDA
Weather:
Unsettled
SENATOR
HNS
WIDESPREAD INDUSTRIAL AWAKENING
nnnnnn rnflll PfllOT Tfl Pfl
Mtm mum wiaoi iu iwui; naiiun
COMING OUT OF DEPRESSION SAYS DAVIS
Farm Situation Is Decidedly Encouraging Un-
employment Has Shown Big Decrease Con
struction Work in April Breaks All Records -Forty-eight
Million Dollars in Middle Atlan
tic States.
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 6. Employ
ment conditions in the United fcitates
demonstrate that there is " widesprea
industrial awakening extending fro
.iiiLst (ii .o::st." Kecrcturv or LalsT
Iv-iiU iiiu-lsi it, I today. 1 1 1 j 1 1 1 1 j n 1 i 1 1 lt n . 'it
investigations and reports made I y
KimIki-iiI Fmiilovmcnt Service. Altliuilli
there are "a few dark spots" in win
considerable unemployment is yet repot
I'd, Mr. Davis added, the entire country
ran be said to have come out of depres
sion. "The farm situation is decidedly en
couraging," Mr. Duvii said. "The de
mand for farm help from all sections of
tlio country is indicative of th.' optimistic
attitude of tlie farmer. As there are
vllM,(HM farms in the country, they mi
absorb a t remciidous amount of labor.
"New York state reports a urcnt d
crease in unemployment. There is a r
viva I of business in the No Lnglnii
state, notwithstanding the suspension
II
textiles. I am pleased to
I vie that re-
ports coming
from New Jersey state
that building
and contract operations
are now in lull swing, i tiey are oiicour
aging outside workers to come to their
state, especially in the building lines'.
Ohio reports increased ac tivity along a'l
lines. Pennsylvania is showing a decided
improvement in industry.
"There is considerable improvement mi
Indiana. The Federal Jinxtvir of Spo
kane, Wash., under laito of April 22, re
ports labor conditions t l.rougliouf the
Hate as showing gradual improvement.
Farm help is in demand, with a -lig!i
shortage. There is on increase in build
in K operations. I'mlcr date of April !',
the federal director for Kansas ivpnr's
that weather conditions are unt'av irab'e.
Tctarding industrial upward movement,
.liut'thtit the prospects are very encour
aging. "There has been a large ;,!.,i.rpli if
labor in Ha It iinoro, Ml., great building
activities going on at that point. Ken
tncky has not shown much change in a.
tivity iu the oast month.
The west north central district, com
prising the States ..f Min 'da. I"W i.
Missouri. North Dakota. South li.ikot-i.
Nebraska and Kansas are all e-iteiing no
ou an era of considerable activity. In
.some of these secti.ms, i -opt dally Nor'h
Dakota, there is an actual shortage of
experienced farm help"
CONSTRUCTION RECORDS BFOKEN
(T?v Tho Associated Prcst.)
NEW YORK, May 6. - ipiil
broke all previous records for the
amount of construction started, ac
cording to the F. W. Dodge Com
pany. There was an increase in
every important class of construc
tion projects, even in industrial
plants, which has been the kst
group to pick up.
Building contracts in the middle
Atlantic States, (eastern Pennsylva
nia, Delawara, New Jersey, Mary
land, District of Columbia, Virginia
and the Carolinas) amounted to
$48,663,000, which was an increase
of nine per cent over the preced
ing month and of 78 per cent over
April 1921.
Last month's total included 2o.2!'!.
00(1 for residences; !,."! ,"' f ir public
works, and utilities; tii.llMi.oon for husi
Hess building and (ofi.i" i'i fur educa
tional buildings.
In Western Pennsylvania, West Vir
ginia, (rliio, Kentucky and Tennessee,
they were lti,47S.iinO. This figure wis
per cent greater than that for Mm
previous mouth and ten per cent greater
than the total for Arril. 1921.
Contractu awarded: in the ccrd'nl wesf
(comprising Illinois. Indiana, Iowa. Wis
consin, Michigan. Missouri and portion
of eastern Kansas and Nebraska were
!0,02:i,0fm. the largest monthly total for
this district since April, lfijo. J.a-f
month' total was six per pent ahead of
the previous month and 20 per cent a
head of the corresponding month of last
year.
In Minnesota, the Pakotas and north
ern Michigan building contracts were $7,
98(1,000. This total was 20 per cent un
der that of the preceding month and four
Icr cent over that of April, 1021.
RAINS NEXT WEEK.
(By The Associated Prpss.l
WASMll.'i UA, -May h. o:t
ther
..ti.wsV f... tl. mV l.. .,nii,., Afo..,!.. v--
Middle At'antic States:
rloudinew, occasional showers;
normal
temperature.
js..ntl At Iridic an.1 Fact Hulf Rtobw
A. .1 j--,-
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nd central Florida., corns?! temperatee.
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ISS HARVEY PRESENTS
A PLEASING PROGRAM
Former Gastonian Shows Ex-
ceueni oiiecuon oi muian
Pictures and Views or
Grand Canvon Indian
Sonss Delieht Hearers Has
Traveled Over West.
.Miss Marian C. Harvey, formerly
retary of the First Presbyterian
iu Mi. presented a very pleasing pro
gram of Indian pictures, songs, folk-lore
an d customs) to a representative audi
ence Friday evening. Miss Harvey has
spent much time among the Ilopi and
Apache Indians of New Mexico and
Arizona, and lier illustrated lecture was
delight fully interesting and informative.
Miss llarvcv was dressed in Indian garb
ami her talk was illustrated by numerous!
juries of Indian life and customs. I
t '. it iiMilarl v l.eantifiil were the scenes,
:.. ,i. . -'i i:. .,,-,. im-ii l.v- Miss
c
ll'irvKi- Onlv a tow weeks si"i MissH"
Harvey made a trip through the Cayon
and her lecture and pictures were doubly
entertaining by reason of this.
Miss Harvey's concluding program
consisted of Indian songs, lullabies, etc.
i FEATURES OF McCUMBER
i SOLDIER BONUS BILL
WASHINGTON. May (i. The Mr
Cumber soldiers' bonus plan was pre-
I sented to President Hunting toilay I
Senate Republican leaders who included
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, and
Chairman Met limber, and Senators Cur
It is, of Kansas, and Watson, of Indiana,
member. of the finance committee.
The measure presented to the Presi
dent is similar to that passed by the
House except that the so-called rc
clainmatioii option has been eliminated.
Provision would be made for loans to
veterans on adjusted sen ice cert ideates
advances to be made in the first three
'years by banks tin dthereaftcr by the
govern meiit .
i Snator Smoot. of I'tah, ranking re
piililiean on the finam-e committee, plans
to pros OH later :i different bonus propo
sal to the President. Til- chief feature
of this plan 1st a 20 vour ondownimnt life
insurance policy for veterans, with noii-spo-ilic
provision for loans.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, fair tonight, warmer
in extreme west portions; Sunday unset
tled, probably showers and thunderstorms
in the interior.
Mob Of Five Hundred Texans
Burn Three Negroes At Stake
For Assault and Murder of Girl
Tied to Iron Stake- on Square
to Death Some Doubt as
KIRWIN. TEXAS, May 6.
Three negroes were burned to death
at the same stake here at 5 o'clock
this morning by a mob of five hun
dred men, following their alleged
implication in the criminal assault
and murder of a 17 year old white
girl, whose mutilated body was found
near here Thursday night
"Snap" Curry, the first negro
burned was taken from the custody
of Free Stone county officers early
last night as he was being conveyed
from Worthara to some point west.
It is alleged that he confessed to
the mob that he had assaulted and
murdered the girl and that in his
confession he implicated the two
other negroes, J. H. Varney and
Mose Tones.
his
The mob dive-ted the slien
ill ot
key to the 1 ree fct.uie county jail. w.R recites of the netrmes u-.r,. mutilati.l I
dimes and Varney were being held as j
suspects. Hurrying to the jail, the mob
uuliH-ked the doors and took the two,
negroes in charge. All tiir.-e negroes!
then were rushed to Kirvin, the home or
the dead girl and
! into the ground on
an iron stake
a small squar.
driven
in the
' heart of the town.
Wood was
accuiuii-
1 1 . . .
ei ana saturate.! witn on.
and ;
vurr was 'ourncsi. uieii uni'i
Jones. There was some delay in burning jtants, is situated in Free Hone county,
the last two is as much as they stead-j east central Texas, about So miles south
fastly maintained their innocence. Third.; of Dallas. The young girl was riding
degree mqthoda failed to bring a confes- i her horso home from school, several miles
ision from them and they were finally
; IU4!-
nn cnTtl, it .rv's tl-s 1
1 . - i ,
I luuony. Aft-r the third negro had I
iurceii to erisrij all thrco bijcs; n
I OT ITITIHIT
$ 102,000 SHORTAGE IN
HIGH POINT BANK
Home Banking Company at
High Point Ordered Closed
Cashier Goes to Jail -Run
on Institution Starts
When $102,000 Shortage Is
Announced by Auditors.
HIGH POINT, May Following
he discovery of an additional shortage
f :i.),000 in the account of the Home
unking company, the doors of the in
itution were closed today by Clarence
atliain, chief state bank examiner. The
investigation bcnuj made at the instance
f the bank examiner has now revealed
missing funds to the amount of approxi
mately $102,001.1, and the audit is fur
from being completed.
Mr. Latham ordered the arrest of Basil
II. Iledgecock, cashier of the bank, Tues
day, at which time the auditors had
shown a shortage of over .t(7,0U(J. rKi
that time three of the strongest men bc-
jhind the bank gave a $Hill,00l) bond,
I which, it was believed at the time, would
'cover all the losses. Iledgecock, who is
j said to have made a written confession
it the tune he was relieved of Ins duties,
turned over to the bank propcrtv an
rantec bonds worth
about i:i,tioo.
This is still siiflicicnt to protect the de
positors, Mr. Latham says if no other
large amount is found missing.
When it became rumored yesterday
that the known shortage had increased
considerably, there was a wild run on the
batik, which resulted in the doors being
closed today.
Iledgecock, who has been trying to
make the .fto.OOO bond since his arrest
y Tuesduy night, was placed behind the
oars for the lirst time this afternoon. He
spent the last three nights in local hotels,
in company with police officers, hut tliis
morning Prosecuting Attorney T. W. Al
bertson issued instructions that he lie put
in jail to insure his safekeeping.
He was carried to Greeiis'lioro, where
he might confer with his attorneys, and
locked up in the county jail He re. He
will be brought to High Point ill the
morning for his preliminary trial.
The audit of the baoks was nut begun
at the request of the bank olli'-ialsi, as
was at first reported, but was the lesult
f discoveries made by the bank examin
er's force. Herbert New boh, assistant
bank examiner, was sent here by his
chief en April lib and unearthed a short
age iu the accounts, according to Chief
Lat hum.
Mr .Latham stated today that he had
tried in every way in the world to keep
from closing the bank, but that at last
it became necossary to do so.
The Home Hanking company was capi
talized at ijiao.ooo, with deposits of an
proximately ?2u0,o(io, according to its
last report.
in Heart of Town and Burned
to Guilt of Two Negroes.
piled together and a masa of fm 1 and oil
tiling over them. This was ignited, the
flames soaring 2."i or .'!() feet in the air.
Karly today the (lames were still burn
ing lien-ply.
j The mob rapidly dispersed an! .is day
; dawned there were only a few p rsi.i.s ie ;
;maining to witness the aftermath :' the
j triple cremation.
! All three negroes were employed mi the
'farm of J. T. King, prominent farnr.-r
I of this community, ami graiolfathi r
jthe dead girl with whom she lived. :o,h
jher parents being dead. Mr. King w-i
:prceiit at the cremation mid the m.,1.
"loaders are said to have obtained Im ap
proval before lighting the ot !...
The lynchings were carried wit in "i
derly fashion. There wa.s m. ,ii--!.a rp
of firearms, nor was any undue vio'om-
.iittemiite.l .Ultliniinli it ,, n . 1 ,r .1 1 ti ,,l till'
fore lieing tie.t to the stake. With the
exception of a few shouts and the
screams of the condemned men there
was little to disturb the earlv nrnming
quiet of the lwu-kwoods community. Tn
COIIIIllUll
plot where
e the l,nr,,,,. i,,,.L- is in
front of two churches. One of 'he
negroej, is said to havo died singine :l
church anthem,
Kirvin, a town of about '' inhaid
iirom iximn, late Thursday . wiuii she
K9i att.ll-kcHl IJ t -i C.,..i I
- .,,.r UO)y ,:m. r .......
lear the road with twenty thro knife
onni). in t.bo pfifi ,.ip..
IHE MEETING BETWEEN
1
lUttlll IIUU HIIU L
i to day kouis interest
ofjligmi delegates
Main Point of Difference Be
tween Delegations Concerns
Property Clause in Allied
Memorandum to Russians
Little Entente May Propose
Adjournment of Confer
ence. GENOA, My (L
ing today between
Mr. Lloyd (icoige,
and Hritish delegate
Whether the meet
M . Il.irtliou and
the chief French
:. would onen the
way for liquidation of the vital issues
remaining before the con t'erenco was
the question animating all denoa to
day. M. Harthou telegraphed U,at he wish
ed to see the Hritish Prime M.nister as
soon as possible after his armal from
Paris.
1 he main point ol di IT. r.-n, . between
I the
delegations concerns the propcrtv
clause iu the allied memorandum to 1he
Russians. What M. Harthou. freshly
instructed by Premier I'nincare, would
have to say to Mr. Lloyd (oorge on
this point was of greatest im, i,.Nt . and
: the possibility of adjusting this differ
! ence aroused apprehension. This cspo
cially, in view of the report from one
I source that Lloyd (leorge is determined
'the Russian memorandum shall slanr,
and will probably return to London im
! mediately if it is not accepted b liel
' gium and France as f rained.
' Other quest inns for discussion a'e the
lion aggression pact proposed by Mr
Lloyd (ieorge, and possibly war repar
, at ions.
I Uule s an adjustment can be reached
i by the powers, the leprescntat i es of
the little entente nations, it is said,
propose adjournment of the ion
ference until a later date, when there
j is greater possibility of agreement . The
.little, entente is also reported to be
I ready to side with the French and lb I
gians in ease the latter decline to ad
here to the terms of the Russian mem
! oraiiduTil ." ' '
LOCAL PYTHIANS TO
HAVE BIG BARBECUE
Five Hundred Pythians to
Gather at Armstrong Park
Monday Afternoon R. S.
McCoin to Make Principal
Address.
Local Pythians an
gala occasion next M'
when a big barbecue vv
Armstrong Park for all
county with their fami1
mice of five hundred
adequate preparations I
planning for a
iiulav alteruoou
ill b., served at
I'Mhian
the
ml
An att.
.-ted and
ii made .
ites t
r all and
id. Fa
'tcir lady
I,,
I he commit tee
1 1 ,
t here w ill be plenty of :
every Pythian is urged U
married Pythians may br
friends. This will be tin-
l"t,:
est th
I e
that the local lodge has ioi
ed . The barbecue is being
the Re. Is to the P.lues. the V
the big attendance and n;
contest just closed.
attem
Uivi n
i ii !i el s
'llll'l IS
f
1 he mam feature ot tn
be rendered will be an tol,
(irnnd Chancellor If. s.
I'''
'gl-l
l.v
st
M.-c
oil,
Henderson. Mr. McCoin h
done more for Pythia iiim
Carolina than any other n
State. In his profession 1"
pr
ihnblv
N oi t h
i a
1 lie
law
yer of note, being a s
qiienee and great fohe
chairman of the tiuaie
k.-r
d
r
.t
the State Senate ii
erf ill influence in
h.
la p
irdina
lues t
legis
( ill S
latioii a ml poll ies .
ton i:i to bring a
t he biggest t hi og
i Pythian have iuaii
' it is very en r:u st
: inelnbi r wiil In- on
; w i II be given a '.
- barbecue to cm -
ward.
' Tin-re vvill b" o' i
! on t he prog ram.
! am e of t he Py t ., : a
; un i farms .
Next Monday a;
and four o'clock
II
on. el llillg
h ' a lolina
veals and
I
d th
The
t ee-y
addri ss
ock. tne
'
i
their
PASTOR IRWIN CHAROKD
WITH FIRING HIS CHUilC
LAW'TON, Okla .. Mav ('..- Kirn-
with selting fire t"
-ympatby for him-,
ion on his enemies
byterian church
Thomas . . I rv, i u
i ,
h t.
a-t
a w t
Pri s
R.v. tin
t ,-
uiid r boi'd
today to answer
M
a I " to an arson
information riled a
Fletcher Riley, conniv
H. C. Lewis, sup;
tor in the chinch tig!
of the bonrd of sessii
will be jirraigned wi:i;
gairi.st into by
attorney.
..rti r of the mi a- I
,:. and a ineml.r
us ot the church,
In-, in on a sou
ilar charge.
The charge against the former pastor
followed n court of inquiry conducted
by the county attorney ami came in the
face of declarations by the pastor that
the alleged incendiary fires at the
church were set by enemies. The coun
ty attorney said he used a telephone
device to listen to Minister Irwin ami
members of the chinch board of wg
sions as they talked in an aute-.room at
the courthouse while waiting to lie call
ed before the court of inquiry. They
revealed information which led to tlie
tiling of arson chajcs. be rouutv nt
toriiy said.
DADTUnil Aim
thing
I'l ' ..1
c
People View Bill As MeasureFull of Mischief
And Dangerous Possibilities, Loaded With
Heavy Burdens For Them and Their Posterity
LUTHERAN SYNOD TO
MEET IN GHERRYVILLE
Spring Conference of N. C.
Synod May 10-12 Rev. H.
F. Crigler and Rev. W. A.
Lutz, of Charlotte, on Pro
gram for Gathering.
The sprini; si ssion of the southern con
ference of the I'nited Kvangelu-al Luth
eran synod of North Carolina will be
held at St. Paul's Lutheran church, Cher
i y villi', next we k, May lo 12, according
to the program announced for the con
ference.
The confereiiii will open Wednesday!
evening at S o'c'.u-k with a conferent ial
sermon by Rev. V. C. Rideuhoiir, of Albc-i
marie, president of the conference, fol j
lowed by the Holy communion.
The remainder of the program fol-I
lows
Thursday, May II.
!':".( a. m. Devotional Mtvice, Uov.
' . II ( 'ooper.
a. m. -Opening of cuuferclicc, en
lo lineiit of minister sand delegates.
II a. in. Sermon, ''Reverence for the
House of (mhI." Rev. C. A. Hrown.
Intermission.
2 p. in. Transaction of business.
p. in. Conditions Necessary to the
success of the Clum-h: iai "A Faith
ful Pastor" Rev. J. It. Haiglcr, (b)
" faithful Otlieei-s."- Rev. ). ( ). Ritchie.
(ei "A Faithful Congregation" -Rev.'
I.. Kestler.
Young I'eop
i Proper ( 'are ol
11. P.. Hchaef
in. l.vening
. L. Stircwalt
sen ice
I). 1).
Sermon.
Friday, l:ay 12.
Devotional service
'.I a. m.
(
Ridenhour.
II : 1 i a . in. linsi ness.
II a. in.- -"Mormon., ''Desecration of
jtlie Lord's Day." Kov. J. F. Crigle
Intermission.
2 p. m.- The J.uth
" Her Distinctive Doc
A. Lutz. till Her
Rev. W. .1. Roof, (c.i
hid."-- Rev. M. L.
eran ( 'IiiiivIi
t rines. ' ' Rev
(a)
vV.
( tpportutiit ies. ' '- -'
' ller Rosponsibil
Ridcnliour. (di
' ' The Secret of Her Crowth." Rev. R.
T. Trout mall.
I p. In. Hush
Officers
(liliccrs ami n
less a nd adjournment .
and Members.
leinbers of the confer-
em,- follow:
Rev. . ( '. Ri tvliiiour. president. Albe
marie; Rev. .1. ( '. Diet, vice pn siden;
Castonia; R. v. (i. II. ( '. P.-uk. sc. retary
stouia; .1. ( '. I.iugle, Lsq., treasurer
ith.
F
Ih vs. L. A. P.ikle. D.
A. P.row ii. I i. II ( '-I"
II C. l-'isher, .1 . II
I'.gler. M. L. Kesl.
ill.. .1 . A . Linn. ' '
l.obr. D. D , V.
,i!i r. .1 . H. Moose. .1
. c. it. Ph-ss, c. i;
D., K. K. ll .di",
in, .1 . F. ( 'rigler,
C. Fisher, .1 . If.
r. I!. II. Kohn,
(). I.ippard. 1.
A. Lut., P. L.
. I.. Morgan. D.
Kidenhou r. 1
II. H. MchaclTii.
. II . A. Trcxi. r,
( '
,i!
III!
Ph
I.
Mi
1 1
lilt
M.
it.
N
W. .1. Roof.
Stirwait. D. D
Trout man
It. D. Wcssillger,
e,,nt .
special lommittee Conference .lour
nal - Rev. F. II Kohn, Ph. D. , Rev. C.
A. Hrown and Rev. Ii. T. Troiitnian.
Standing Committees.
Pastorat.-s- lie
M
Stirewall. D.
D., and Mr
D., Ii
K H. Kob
'. C . ( 'a 1 1 en ; ' r .
Program liev.
Rev. C. I-.'. Roll Ii
( 'line .
Stewardship an
I.. I.
I. i
md
hr. I).
Mr. A.
I 'i in volem c-- lie V .
'j ointed by s. iio-l i ,
b'ev. I-;. K. Hodie
C. II. C. Paik.
R. v . .1 . .1 . Hicki
and Mr. Ii. i. I!
HHRYiNnnmnNiA
RATTI P Tfl Q.Q TIP
un I I L.L. IU VI U I I L,
Game Goes Twelve Innings
and Called on Account of
Darkness Will Play in
Kings Mountain Monday
Afternoon Biggers Pitch
es For Gastoma
Big Crowdind i-tr.v to pay
Saw Game.
The
'i. la high School ha. Si
Friday afternoon at
- ,;!ed in a j to ii t i'".
i. i at the end of th
at of darkness. C;js
bail sum
Kings M
, the gan
I t),
inn
tonia big'
. ie.l fill
. ii the
r d to 2 until tin.
count was knotted
working for Has
to few hits. Lo
! "'"
at :i a . li-ggers wa-
tonia '
gan st
faelbj , but was rcla v d
he first inning. Tne
off tite tie Monday af
s Mountain.
he Mt. Holly Castonia
by M
tea n s
-..n
Iv
tontnoersy over tile eligibility of fckid
luore. th. impression is abroad that the
iias niiia high whool initiated the protest
agaiii'l Sknlmore. This is not true.
Shciio sjar-.'d the protest. The tiastouia
team navel Mt. Holly with tskidinore in
the
"f
P
,n. I
had accepted the result !
filial uutil bhuUiy bii:h I
as
id
laying.
Minority Report of Senate Finance Committee
Filed Today Declares People Will Pay Taxes'
in Long Run Tariff Bill Represents Views
of Special Interests Simmons Answers Con
tentions of Majority Report.
(Hy The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May ti. The taxes
that would be imposed Ly the pending
tariff bill would be us real as those
imposed by the revenue bill ami proba
bly as great, from three to four bil
lions of dollars. Senator Simmons, of
North Carolina, ranking Hemocrat on
the Senate Finance Committee, de
clares iu a minority report filed today
! iu the Senate.
I ''They must be paid by all the peo
!ph, " the report says, "just as thoso in
the revenue bill must be paid by all the
people and not by the beneficiaries who
have demanded and got them. The
people must not only pay the taxes on
imports which go directly into the
treasury, lint they must pay the result
ing increase in prices of all the things
they buy and consume.
" H madly speaking, the views of tlie
.special lull-rests vmiii asKeit tnese luxes can compete in iiio.se mantels wiin lor
I a a. 1 got them and of the people who Vigil manufacturers they should be ablo
! pay them differ widely in their np-ito compete iu the American markets,
lira isoinciit of this measure and its if-j
feet upon the national prosperity.
I ''So far as the special interests
a l i
concerned, it goes without saying
the
and
taxes imposed are both satisfying
, com fort in. j
I On the other hand the people view'!
1 l.i ,w ,i ill. - o sill TO or lliiseoel '
and damrcrou possibilities, loaded it h
innumerable burdens for them and their
posterity.
I "When the Forilncy bill passed the
House the general public regarded it j the fa rm of her father, Jacob I. Menges,
as a monstrosity so grotesque and all- , near Crestline.
surd that they took it more as a joke j Prediction that developments of a
than as a serious attempt at tariff re- ' startling nature would be forthcoming to
vision. It did not excite in them any j day was made by tjheriff KnappenberBlT,
gn at degree of alarm because they felt j w, wit Marshal Charles Crawford, of
sure the Senate would rewrite it, and j ( 'r,.st line, arrested Menges after they
expected from this body saner ae
I l o'
lion iu their behalf.
"In these expei tntbnis the people
have been grieviously disappointed.
This disappointment has grown as
tiny
st inlied the bin, first into surprise
then indignation at the audacity
assault upon their pocket books a
ami
of the
ml is
I i 1 1 ; i i I ' culminating iu a grim
deteriiiin
atioii to resist to the utmost this at-
: leinptcd spoliation .
"In these circumstances the people
'will be satisfied with nothing short of
a full exposure through di-cus.siou of
ithis attempted outrage, inspired b.V the
'desire to placate the subsidized inter
ests at their expense. No conspiracy
I of silence, no threat of long sessions,
no charges of filibuster or cloture must
i be allowed to smoke screen and divert
the exposure of the iniquities which
Irak in the tax laden schedules ami par
agiaphs of the -LIS pages of the a
mended Fordncy bill, an act (if prop
erly entitled) to mortgage the country
I and its resources to the protected and
1 1 u 1 1 1 1 1 1 po 1 i zei 1 industries. "
In his report Senator Simmons un
dertakes to answer the main conten
tions of the majority report and cm
bodies the main points made by him in
hi - recent address in the Senate at
tacking the tariff measure. He as
-erts that the rule for the measure of
protection found iu the bill is defined
iu the document itself as the difference
in th" selling price in this country and
a broad .
I "The selling pri.'-s here includes the
1 profit," he sa.vs. ".so that the effect
lis to protect and maintain present high
j profits and make the people pay the.-e
increased protits plus a tax for the ben
efit of t lie plo'ierl .
! As to the tl.-xible tariff, the report
i sav s the pom r to further increase the
rates vested in the President "will op
crate as an invitation to invoke the
cXi rcise ot the-e extra executive pou
iirs v u n the prescribed rates are not
uffi. i
t.
'guard the prod.-Pd
it the risk of foreign
so they may wish to
s above t he lev. I of
gainst such competition,
rates w rit ten ia the!
rod
111 pet ion
r
i
ttje pi
,tc
af .'i l"i I
th,
i,i:i.
Sena'or Sill, m
jrr 1 the majority
( ..( ii.
ns says the statement
report that the pur
is to permit American
wages sufficient to en
workingmcii to maintain
able American
DUAL TRAGEDY ON CAMPUS OF
SOUTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
Prof. Goode Holmes and Ben Hale, University Marshal. Shot
r-k To9iiiA' ntr,,. m whl n
iu Iemu a
Student Heard Shotes.
COLUMBIA, S. C, May 6.
M. Goode Homes, professor of en
gineering at the University of
South Carolina, nd widely known
in his profession, and Ben Haile,
University marshal, are dead here
as the result of shots fired by
Haile, according to indications in
the hands of Coroner Scott. It is
believed Haile Shot Prof. Homes
and' took his own life in a fit of
temporary insanity.
There were no witnesses- to the
tragedy. W. T. Holland, a Uni
versity student, heard shots in the
office ?f tbe cniwrsity- tw'tirei t
standard of living
strange, iu view of tho
self -same industries are
today, engaged
in an intensive drive 10
reduce present
wage stanuareis.
He adds that
Un' standard of wages
in foreign competing countries is today
more nearly equal the American stand
ard than ever before: that tho cost of
products bears a much slighter relation
j to the daily wage paid to labor than in
t former times, and that profits consti
itute a far larger element in selling pri
' ccs both in this country and abroad
I than all other elements entering into
, the cost of production.
I Jblerriiig to the argument of tho
I majority that unless the bill is passed
I American markets will be seriously in.
v.,,, ,v foreign producers, the report
i American goods are sold in for-
, ,.iK markets iu competition with tha
I world and that if American producers
GIRL HAD BEEN KEPT
TWO YEARS IN IRON
SHEETED SMOKEHOUSE
'Bv The Associated Press.)
lirCYltl'SS, OHIO, May 0. Sheriff
Kdward J. Knappeiiberger, of Crawford
couiitv, today continued his inves.tiga-
turn into the imprisonment or Miss Jreno
! Mcnges, 2u) released yesterday after
contiiiemcnt of at least two yearn in ail
i abandoned iron sheeted smokehouse Oil
- . ii,(.r;ltcd the girl from her prison.
Jmcstigatiou of the case began several
: days ago after neighbors of the family
! had informed the sheriff of the situation.
Menges and his family voiced opposition
to the sheriff's interference, declaring
the girl to mentally incompetent, which
necessitated her being placed umter re
straint, (lllicials at the Toledo State
hospital sai l that the girl was discharged
from that institution, June 30, 1915 as
mentally competent after eight months
treatment.
Taken to Hucyruss the girl is being
cared for by the sheriff's wife. tiho
miide no attempt to speak and merely ;
smiled slightly "when spoken to. 8ho ato
heartily.
The prison, a six by eight structure, is
hidden from view of the road, being di-
redly back of the house oeeupiedl by the,"
family. The building had no windows
ami ventilation and n little light cams
from small holes near the roof. Furnish
ings consisted of a cot, small table, an
oil stove and a lantern. A comb was tho
only other article found in the room, ac
cording to the sheriff. The Menges fam
ily is considered well to do. Menges is
piano timer. .
PURSE OF $490,000 OFFERED
DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER BOUT
PAULS, May (i. A purse of $400,.
000, seventy five per cent to go to tho
winner and 2." per cent to the joser, was
offered .lack Deiupss y, world champion
heavyweight boxer, this afternoon, for U,
return match ith (Icorges Carpentier, tha
Kuropean champion, to be held in Persh
ing Stadium sometime next autumn.
Cotton Market
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NLW YORK, May 6. Cotton fu-
t ures closed ste.l ly.
M.y l"i.:;.i; duly lvdO; October 18.83;''
December ls.s: .lauuury 13.70; March
1."2; fcjpots 19.35. .'... i.AUU
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Strict to Good Middling
Cotton Seed
wuivciwi it i messes rasiing
10:15 o'clock this morning and go
ing to investigate, found the two .
bodies. A pistol was lying near
Halle. No other .weapon was
found. Both men had been shot.
The only details so far in connec- .
tion with the tragedy are tha fol- '
It appears that "Prof. Homes,
of the university faculty, was the
victim of Marshal Haile's gun, as
the coroner, on taking charge of the
situation, found only one gun and
that by the side Of the dead mar
shal's body. ' The marshal had
killed both the irofeer nd tlvn
the America n
'sounds rather
fact that these
I Be